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8. One that bugs me is the paucity of women in Civ games.

Tue Feb 28, 2012, 07:37 PM

Feb 2012

Yes, there are women *leader* characters, but all of the artists, merchants, etc. are all represented by male figures. The workers/farmers all read male-which is so wrong.

Civ4 at least had the female spy character late in the game, which was cool, but Civ5 got rid of espionage, so now there is no woman.

We actually lost a woman in the upgrade. I was sad!

I like the game, but I wish it hadn't written women out of the nuts and bolts of society.

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Gender in Gaming [View all] WolverineDG Feb 2012 OP

That's great! Phlem Feb 2012 #1

one of the things that annoyed me about games back in the early 90's was that there were none niyad Feb 2012 #2

You'll probably find more brain games now, Phlem Feb 2012 #3

Portal is GREAT. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #5

I think there's some interesting narrative stuff happening in games. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #4

Another great choice Phlem Feb 2012 #7

Agreed, check out Steam... MicaelS Feb 2012 #10

Awesome! Neoma Feb 2012 #6

One that bugs me is the paucity of women in Civ games. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #8

There are a lot of standard Phlem Feb 2012 #9

As u can see in the article, Sheri's made herself a PITA WolverineDG Feb 2012 #11

*nods* Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #12

As a consumer, you have more power than you may know. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #13

This is the first time I've ever really talked about it, so that's good to hear. :) Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #14

I'll bet you some of them took notice of this: Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #15

You were not the only one upset about that WolverineDG Feb 2012 #16

I'm so glad to hear that! Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #17